"Obsession" was the 47th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.
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Characters[]
Episode characters[]
- Bardoli • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Dikironium cloud creature • Stephen Garrovick • Bill Hadley • James T. Kirk • Ryan Leslie • Leonard McCoy • Rizzo • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Swenson • Nyota Uhura • Vinci[1]
Novelization characters[]
- Bardoli • Christine Chapel • Dikironium cloud creature • David Garrovick • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Rizzo • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Swanson • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehicles[]
- Referenced only
- USS Farragut (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)
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Science and classification[]
- anatomy • lifeform • logic • matter • memory • orbit • quadrant • races and cultures • space • star • stardate • technology • universe • weapon
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Materials and substances[]
- atmosphere • blood • gas • oxygen
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States and organizations[]
Ranks and titles[]
- captain • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • lieutenant commander • officer • scientist • science officer
Other references[]
- arm • boot • clothing • Federation members • finger • five-year mission • government • humanoid • language • nation-state • pants • rank • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2260s) • title • tunic • uniform
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Related media[]
- This story is one week before the events of the beginning of Best Defense where Kirk is still preoccupied by memories of the event and he compares the situation with what happens to Number One in the Book.
Adaptations[]
Novelization collected in The Classic Episodes 2.
Video releases[]
Background[]
According to actor Eddie PaskeyMA, Lieutenant Leslie must have been "miraculously" revived in an unseen scene, which explains why he's seen again in future episodes, alive and well. However, no such scene exists in the revised final draft script.
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Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: The Gamesters of Triskelion |
TOS episode produced | Next episode: The Immunity Syndrome |
| Previous episode: The Deadly Years |
TOS episode aired | Next episode: Wolf in the Fold |
| Previous story: That Which Survives |
Star Trek 9
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Next story: The Return of the Archons |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Beneath the Skin pages 20-21 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Treaty's Law chapters 1-24 |
| Previous Adventure: The Gamesters of Triskelion |
Next Adventure: Treaty's Law chapters 1-24 | |
| Previous Adventure: The Gamesters of Triskelion |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: The Patrian Transgression |
Translations[]
- 1973
- German : Das Ding, translated by Iannis Kumbulis. (Williams)
- 1974
- Turkish : Geçmişteki Korku, translated by Reha Pinar. (Altın Kitaplar)
- 1979
- Italian : L'Ossessione, translated by Amedea Pasinetti. (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore)
- 1980
- Japanese : 執念, translated by Hiroshi Saito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
External links[]
- "Obsession" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Obsession (Star Trek) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- ↑ The character Vinci was not named in the episode but the same actor, wearing the same operations division Starfleet uniform, was addressed as Vinci in TOS episode: "The Devil in the Dark". The same actor also played the character of Clifford Brent.